Vox-cells: voxel-based visualization of volume data for enhanced understanding and exploration in virtual reality (VR)

We present Vox-Cells, a volume visualization framework designed for real-time volume investigation and exploration. We seek to treat data as a first-class citizen with a 1:1 relationship between the data and its corresponding representation. CPU-GPU transfer is minimized, and novel approaches to volume construction and lighting are explored in order to maximize performance for deployment on consumer grade Virtual Reality (VR) Head-mounted displays (HMD).